Package or sheets of toilet papee and cabinet therefor



PATENTED 'JAN. 19, 1904.

v J. T. HOYT. v PACKAGE OR SHEETS 0 TOILET PAPER AND CABINET THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1903.

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APPLIUAT-ION FILED JAN. 15, 1993.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES r. HOYT, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,965, dated January19, 1904.

Applicat o fi January 15, 1903. Serial No. 139,207. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES T. HoY'r, a citizen of the United States,residing in Manhattan borough, New York city, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packages orSheets of Toilet-Paper and Cabinets Therefor, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a package or sheets of toilet-paper which canbe readily stored or placed in a cabinet and kept in proper posi-' tionor adjustment to be fed or ejected as required.

The invention resides in the novel details of construction set forth inthe following specification and claims and illustrated in theanneXeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional front vew of a cabinet with apackage embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevationof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cabinet. Fig. 4 is asection along w m of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows a portion of a package orsheets of toilet-paper. Fig. 6 is asectional front view of amodification. Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 6. Fig; '8 isa section along y y, Fig. 6. Fig. 9 shows a package adapted for use inthe cabinet shown in Figs. 6 to 8 Fig. 10 shows a further modification.Fig.

11 shows a strip of cardboard or material placed back of the topmostsheets in a cabinetto hold said top layer of sheets in place.

' In the drawings is shown a cabinet comprising a front I) and sides 0.The backof the cabinet is shown open, or the back, consisting ofsections or spaced strips 60, leaves an opening, giving access to theinterior of the cabinet. This cabinet can be suspended or attached in atoilet or supported or placed wherever handy for use. An exit-opening orslot 6 andejector or friction-roller f enable the contents of thecabinet to be withdrawn or taken as required. In the example shown theexit is at the bottom of the cabinet, the bottom sections g being shownat each side of such slot. The paper or sheets 71. are bent or run outof the exit on turning the roller.

The cabinet is shown provided with guiderails 0, and the sheets beingsuitably cut will engage the rails or track 0 to be kept in place orprevented from slipping or falling out through the open back. When thecabinet is empty or is to be recharged, the sheets can be inserted fromthe back, such sheets being slightly bent to pass over the rails asuitable distance for the slit portions of the. sheets to engage orstraddle the rails when free or allowed to flatten in the cabinet. Afollower or weight 0 can be also adapted to run along track 0 and tomaintain the bottom sheet in proper contact with the roller to beejected on the same rotating. The out or guide portions in the edges ofthe sheets enable the lat- ;ter to maintain their position in thecabinet durlng shlpping or storing, as also during use.

When put in place with its back to the wall, the opening at such backwill be concealed.

The cabinet can be made of suitable material or combination ofmaterials. Tin, for

example, is useful,and rails 0 can be made of tin or other metal, so asto allow smooth or free running or slipping of the sheets without riskof catching.

Sight-openingss can be provided, if desired. As the open back givesaccess to the interior of the cabinet, no door or other filling-openingis necessary, but, if desired, the 'top'm could be in form of a lid orcover. Such sheets or packages, with cut or guide portions at the endsor edges, can be kept on hand or supplied for use as called for. Thesheets and cross-section of the cabinet need not be in the proportion ordimension indicated in the drawings, as such outline may be square oroblong in one direction or another and to meet the rails. The cuts couldbe made out of alinement with one another, so as to have the centerportion of the sheet retain its full length or dimension. Theguide-rails at the same can be located to correspond to the position ofthe cuts. As the center portion of the sheet is the one generallyapplied to use, a retention of the full length of the center of thesheet may be considered of advantage, and this result is accomplished byhaving the cuts out of alinement.

the guide-cuts made in the sheets as required 1 As seen in Figs. 8 and9, the non-alined rails and cuts are so placed that when the sheets orpackage is inserted into the cabinet IOO with either one of its sideedges lying at either one of the side walls of the cabinet the cutportions and rails will in each case register with or engage oneanother. The rails being to one side of the center allow thesight-openings to be formed along the center line of a side of thecabinet.

The opening at the back is shown with parallel sides of the full widthof the cabinet, but of diminished height, so as to leave the backportions or sections a at top and bottom. The sheets can be readilyapplied to the guide rails through such wide opening. The bottom sectionof the back gives security against any tendency of the bottom sheet orsheets to twist or shift out of proper position as the ejector isactuated. The top section of the back also aids in keeping the topsheets in place and in preventing the weight or follower from coming outof place when held up to the top for the insertion of sheets.

The cabinet can be suitably fixed or held in vertical position.

In Fig. 8 is shown a tab 0 or the like at the bottom edge of thecabinet-back and cut from or soldered to a desired point on the cabinet.This tab straddling or engaging a nail or holder and coacting with thesuspending-eye g at the top will keep the cabinet from swinging orshifting out of vertical and not prevent disengagement of the cabinetfor refilling, or two suspending-eyes q can be employed, as shown inFig. 6. The tab 4' can be made of tin or flexible material, to be bentout of the way when the cabinet is to be stored or shipped, but bentinto the plane of the back or into engaging position when the cabinet isto be secured in place for use.

The guide-rails 0 can be extended up to the top of the cabinet orallowed to stop a certain distance below the top. In the latter case theloose sheets at the top of the pack above the termination of the railscan be held in place by a strip t of cardboard or thelike tucked inunder the inside of the top section of back a, the lower edge of saidcardboard or strip being bent and tucked into the package.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A package or sheets of toilet-paper provided with non-alinedguide-cuts.

2. A package or sheets of toilet-paper provided with cuts extendedthrough the ends or edge portions, said cuts being of sufficient widthto allow free travel or feed of the sheet and of suflicient depth toform holding or retaining portions for the sheets, said cuts being outof alinement with one another.

3. A package or sheets of toilet-paper having cuts extended through theend portions of the sheets, each set of cuts being placed atrespectively equal distances from the front and rear edges of the sheetsand out of alinement with one another.

4. A package or sheets having cuts and a cabinet having rails adapted tobe freely engaged by the cut portions of the sheet said cuts and railsbeing respectively non-alined and so placed as to register with oneanother and to allow the rails to enter the cuts when the position ofthe sheets in the cabinet is transposed or reversed.

5. Acabin'et having an open back and guiderails and adapted for theinsertion of cut sheets made to engage the rails.

6. A cabinet having non-alined guide-rails and a supply-opening forplacing sheets into the cabinet in engagement with the rails.

7. A cabinet having rails and an ejector and exit, said rails being madeto lead or guide a package or sheets in the cabinet toward the exit.

8. A box or cabinet comprising a front, side and rear faces, a closedtop, a partly-open bottom, and an ejector at said opening in the bottom,one of the side faces having sight or inspection openings, and the rearface having a filling-opening of oblong shape and of the width of thecabinet, and of diminished height as compared to the height of thecabinet to allow insertion of sheets into the cabinet and to formconfining portions for the upper and lower sheets in the cabinet.

9. A cabinet having guide-rails and a supply-opening for placing sheetsinto the cabinet in engagement with the rails, said cabinet being ofsmaller size or measurement in one direction than the sheets so as tocontain the latter in bent form.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES T. HOYT. Witnesses:

CHAs. E. POENSGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

